Printing device



March 7, 1933. J, P, JACKSON 1,900,345

PRINTING DEVICE Original Filed Oct. 17, 1950 W QNENTR Fhi l 37PM- ATTORN EY l` PateimtedY, 1l/[aiu 7, 1933v i i i.

JAMES n Monson, u orV cHioAGdf rnmivors, Assieivfoit' To Annitnssoeaarn; coMrAfNY, op kv:.riunitiiire'roiv, nELAWaitnAoonronArioN or DELAWARE d criar'inviarciv nnvion i originari applicati@ nea octobepiv, ,1930; seri'1, Nb. isaavay iaivnieii. analthis appnpatiop mea Janay l' 1` -"2,'1,9312.` seril'No. 534,381.1 y

This is a divisionof myapplication Serial lNo.v 4895278, filed October 17 1930.` Y n i' yThe invention relates `to printing devices and.,1nore particularly to one-piecesheet nietal l printing devices. onl which printing characters are embossed to` appear in relief von one face and in intaglio;ontheopposite` face.;- Sucliprinting dei'ficesare classified, usually alphabetically, and are vs toredfin drawers when not in use, and in .use they are. f

sequentially fed through printing `machines to printaddresses vand ythev like, rk

Printing devicesof this kind are arranged in close vkrelation when@ stored and spacing flanges areY provided thereon to, space the j facesof adjacent printing devices, from each other topreventvdainage of the vvprinting vchar:-

acters. VIn arranging tlieprinting.devicesvin this close relationithey are slidy one over the other andsoinetiinesthe free edges ofthe spac-` ing langeson one device are engagedby edges or corners ofthe printing dev icesbeingjslidl thereoverl l This is disadvantageoussince the'j` spacingflanges rn'ay be, 'darnagedcandf proper' 125 nesting and alignrne'ntof tlie'printing devices be impaired; llt is therefore; one'ofthe ob`- jects of iny invention to provide a novel print- *l ing vdevice `wherein `the siria'cing'V flanges are protected so that the likelihood of;l damage thereto in handling fand arranging'of, the

printing'devicesfwillbe obviated'. Y

To keepA the .sizey of thespacing flanges atv -a ininiinumthe relief or. front face" of: the printingdevice ist" o'uften inthe vnature of a depressed panel having a raised border' therearound usually providedgby olfsettingfthe y marginal .edges ,lof- `the lprinting device up- Y nWardly on `tliei relief,y faceY andyjwhenjthe printing .devices ,arel Acofinpactly"arranged', :spacing lflangeslon` one printing device .engage the raised borderon the adjacent `Vprint-` ingy device to thereby amplyspace the print-y s ing4 charac-ters on oneprinting device from jthejotherprinting device to preventfdarnage theretoy To loflset the'niarginal edges of ythe' printing deviceupwardly ,onnthe relieffac'e entails .an additional'- 'operation in the inanir I' facturel of the printing devices andan, object of my inventionl is to provide printing de# vice- Wherein therelief face in the "gnature f( .thereofwin'use.`V y Y A'selected embodiment ofthe invention lis 1 of al depressed panel Adefined the marginal, edges. `oil-1 1@ Printing 'devkfetete the relief facethereoff, i, l

Further objects ofthein lention are toiprol j l vide a `printing Adevice which 'nay be Meng peditiously and.,economically-manufactured as by` being passed-through a rolling* ma; i chine, and vWhich is sturdy in-"constructi'onfso las' vto resist lbendiiig and "other distortion 'H 60V. ff

illustrated'in the accompanying drawing therein iggg..f1` isanaelevation of thevblank-.froin which -Inynovell-printing device is formed; ,y Fig. y2 is ani-elevation of the relief face of the completed printingdevice;

`Figz 3 is a longitudinal sectional viewfv-talren substantiallyon the line A3 3 on Fig.

y2;andv l I W- Fig. 4: isa transverse sectional view taken `substantiallyonthe-line 4-4 on Fig 2@ In the drawing, 5 is thebOClYofmy novel printingdevifce, the' rectangular blankfforf. Whichlis` strucli from suitable sheetmetal.` 75 The crnersofthe blankare out avvayto. der

fine .projecting relatively, k1narrow fedgeseotions y6 'gandff alongthe longer edgesof k'the blank -v and `to provide projecting lrelatively Wideedgesections 8 and9 alongthenarrower edge sections 8 ands9 aref'firstfangularlybent 1 i outwardly: frorn theface ofthe body opposite that onto which the Aedgelsectionspjandf? are folded and then these sections are angu-. l

larly bent'to extendftoward the plane of the @0 body i whereby substantially i triangularly c. shaped spacingllangesll and A12a-re formedV Y fand the freeinarginal edge portions` :13" and g 'f '14 are folded vinwardly over the open bases ofthe triangular spacing flanges 11 and 12.V

Thefree edges ofthe portions land-M abut the ends of the edge sections and Ito thereby provide afdepressed panel@ By so folding `the portions 13 and rounded'edgeslaand i". llareforined alongftheshorter edges'ofj-the 10,0

so edgeslofthe blank., vThe edge sections Gand'A Y '7i are folded over'ontoione face ofthebody 1 L' i body. .The edge sections may be conveniently made byv passing the blanks vthrough a suitable rolling machine having appropriately shaped rollers to fold the edges in the mannei' above described.l 'The printing characters 17 yare embossed on the body of the blank to appear in relief on the face thereof having the edge portions l6, 13, Z and 1l folded thereonto.

Vhen such printing devices are arranged in side by side relation, the apices of the triangular spacing flanges 11 Vand 12 rest on theedgev portions 13 and 1li Whichprovide abutment orv seating surfaces and therefore the bodies of the printing devices are amply spaced apart Y to thereby prevent damageto the printing characters. Since the edges of the'printing device arerounded by reason of the'folding ofthe marginal" sections ,onto -a face of the body, the printing device is free of sharp edges and'therefore theprintino devices Will freely slide one over the other. y Since the l to appearl in relief in this depressed panel, the

vspacing iianges are definedv by ycontinuously bent'sections and as the marginal portions of printing faces thereof Will projectbut slight-y ly beyond the sections bent ontov the .relief face and since the spacing flanges on the adjacentfprinting device will be engaging the abutment surfaces 13 andll the bodies of thel adjacent vprinting devices Will be `amply spacedfapart and consequently contact with and.r resulting damage to the printing .faces y of the'printing characters is prevented.

` In the foregoing ydescription l have set i forthl a selected embodimentof my invention i `butit isto be understood that this is susceptiv ble of variation and modification-and l therefore do not Wish to be limited to the precise details set forth .butl desire to avail myself of such changes and alterations as fall Within the purview of the following claims.v

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'c 1. A printing device having marginal sections along opposite edges thereof and folded onto one face thereof, said device having 'othercmarginal sections along otherk opposite edges thereof folded to provide abutment surfacesQther edges of thelast-named inarginal sections engaging the ends of said firstnamed margin al sections, all of said marginal sections providing` a raised border on one -face of saidprinting device. y Y l 2. printing device including abody hav`lr ing marginal sections along opposite edges folded onto one face thereof, said rbody having other marginal sections along other marginal edges thereof providingabutment suri faces on said face, said marginal'sections providlnga raised border body on said face.

. y 3. A printing device including body hav-l ing opposite .marginal sections thereof folded to provide marginal borders on one face and along'opposite edges thereof, said'marginal sections being terminated inwardly of other opposite edges of the body, saidbody having (the marginal sections along said other edges folded to provide abutment surfaces and having the adjacent edges ofsaid sections proabout the edges of said viding said abutment surfaces engaged Withthe ends of said marginal borders to thereby provide a raised marginal border about the edges of saidv body yon said face, said body having printing characters embossed'vthereon with the relieffacesv thereof on said face of said body. 1 i

4. A printing device including a body having marginal sections lalong opposite edges land folded onto one vface thereof, said body having other marginal sections along .other marginal edges thereof and folded to provide abutnientsurfaces jon said face, said folded marginal sections providing a raised marginal border about'the edges of said body on said face, and spacing flanges on the opposite face of said body. c f

5. A printing device including a body having marginal sections along opposite edges folded onto "one face thereof, said body having othermarginal sections` along other .marginal edgesthereof' folded to provide abutment surfaces on said face, said folded mar- V ginal sections providing a raised marginal borderv about the edges of said body on said face, `and spacing flanges on the opposite face of said body, said spacing `flanges :being aligned vvith and disposed opposite said abut-- ment surfaces.r y u l 6. 7A printing ldevice including abody having marginal sections along opposite' edges andfolded ontofone face thereof, and'said body having other marginal sections along other marginal .edges thereof folded "onto`vvsaid face to provide abutment surfaces, the

portions'of said marginal sections providing said abutment surfaces and inwardly of said abutment surfaces being bent at angles to said body to provide spacing flanges'opposite said abutment surfaces. Y

7. 'A printing device including a body'hav- Vil() ing opposite marginalsections folded onto one face to provide marginal bordersalong opposite edges thereof, Asaid body having the marginal sections along other opposite edges then bent toward said Vbody to provide spacingflanges on the face ofl said body oppositmg y the face ha-ving' said marginalfborders therethereof first bent away from said body and izo.Y

' on, and abutmentsurfaces on said face;'hav-'iv f 8. A printing device including a ing opposite marginal sections thereoffolded' vonto one face thereof to provide a raised marv ginal border along Aopposite edges thereof,

ing said marginal borders thereong,` v

saidmarginal borders being terminated in vvardly of the other edges of said body,v said bodyhaving thema-rginal sections along said i other edges iirst bent "away frornvsaid body and then bent toward said body to-provide] 'i substantially triangular spacingrflanges on the face of-said body/.opposite that'on which said marginal borders are formed, lthe free marginal portions of lsaid lmarginal -jsecn tions providing said spacing angesbeing folded onto said face andintofengagement f' LWith the ends of .said marginal borders to provide abutment surfacesand 'cooperating Withsaid marginalborders(v to '.providefa raised marginal border aboutgthefedgesof* saidbodyon,said-face.- 9. A printing "device including ajbody having Voppositejmarginal@sections thereof folded to provide marginal-borders on one face and alongoppositeedges thereof, said body having marginal sections along other Y edges thereof first bent away from said body' and then toward'said bodyvlto provide Vsubf stantially triangular spacing flanges on the'y faceof saidbody opposite that having saidr marginal borders thereon, the free -marginal 1- portions of 'said marginal sections providing said spacing flanges being' folded to overlieVV theopen. bases of saidtriangular spaoing'` flanges and to eXtendzin the plane'of said marginal borders to cooperate with said mar.-

` ginal borders to provide a raised marginal- Y borderabout vtheedg'es of said bodyon said: i face, said body having printing characters embossed thereon with the relief faces there e JAMES P.n'ioirs'oifr.'`

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